Operation Blessing - USA

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Bread of Life

Operation Blessing in the USA

OBI has warehouses in: Virginia Florida California
	From coast to coast, Operation Blessing is helping fight hunger in America by transporting a weekly average of 2 million pounds of food and other product and reaching out to victims of disasters such as hurricanes, flooding and deadly tornadoes.

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Orphan's Care

Teen's "Closet" offers memorable gifts to young ladies

OBI, U.S. Navy embark on orphan mission

Michigan couple fills five 40-foot cargo containers with clothes, toys

OBI helps save Brooklyn Catholic school from closing

After school programs hit 'high note' with students

Ukraine orphans bring Christmas to America

Transformed houses help change lives

Paint project brightens home

Broadway musical "amazing" experience for at-risk children

Laundromat turned learning center aids children | Video

OBI helps stock NYC libraries with 10 tons of books

"Reality Babies" change teens' perspectives

OBI helps at-risk kids become 'all that'

Video: St. Mary's Academy students receive new library, courtyard

Disaster Relief

Double whammy: OBI helps oil spill and Katrina victims

Hot food for flood victims in Tennessee

Stranded Tennessee flood victims find relief

A “Storehouse” of blessing

Frightened by the flood

Welcome home, Fannie

Extreme Blessing

Rosa's last hope

OBI deploys to Atlanta to aid flood victims

The Home Depot lends a hand

Hurricane victim finally has place to call home

Flood relief close to home

Relief arrives for West Virginia flood victims

Saving memories from the mud

Bobcat aids OBI in flood relief efforts

OBI team aids flood victims in North Dakota

Shelters heat up

Extreme Blessing

Ike victims long for home

No place like home

Teams battle mud, muck from Ike

OBI aids search and rescue teams

OBI teams ready for Ike

Power outages plague Gustav victims

Relief efforts begin for Gustav victims

OBI prepares for Gustav

An army of orange

Moving down the Mississippi

OBI to lead volunteer efforts in Indiana

Aid reaches storm-ravaged Midwest

Life after the tornado

Tornado victims sift through the ruins

Red Cross and Operation Blessing support emergency workers

Virginia residents stunned by tornado damage

Tornado destruction: "It smelled like a wet day at the dump"

Tornadoes rip through southeastern VA

Thousands turn out for county-wide clean-up

OBI and FEMA link arms to aid tornado victims

Deadly tornadoes strike South, OBI responds with aid

Hurricane katrina mom gets second chance at Christmas

Floodwaters soak Pacific Northwest

OBI delivers aid to California wildfire evacuees

Tornados rip through Arkansas

Video: OBI delivers "blessing buckets" after tornadoes

"We will box again:" Community park reopens in New Orleans | Video

Microenterprise

"CHOICES" gives Philadelphia residents a healthy alternative

Program helps young parents get on their feet

Carpetball tables help homeless man

Earn-while-you-learn offers incentives to new parents

OBI-funded outreach helps clients start new life

Medical and Dental

Victims of domestic violence get a healthy smile, day of beauty

Event serves Virginia's homeless

Cancer patient finds help at OBI dental clinic

Dental treatment brings a smile

Free dental mission for VA residents

Trading scars for smiles

Patients receive treatment that brings a smile

People from Six American Indian Tribes Receive Dental Care

Hunger Relief

Innovative hunger relief

"Take me out to the ballgame"

A mother's sacrifice

Dignity for the hungry

House of Blessing

Christmas Depot comes to town

Florida gets a winter wonderland

Food for the holidays

Dedicated veteran helps the hungry

"My children would be starving"

Garden of hope: Refugees give back to a community in need

Feeding hungry is a "team effort" at Kansas City event

Dinner for twenty

From hungry to helping

Americans struggle to afford food

NFL teams tackle hunger

Filling The Hunger Gap

A Growing Demand

Fighting Inflation

America In Crisis

OBI volunteer recognized by President Bush

War hero reaches out to help community

Once-starving youth grows up to feed the hungry

High School students volunteer to help local families

Christmas Depot fills area homes with cheer

OBI and THe Salvation Army bring Holiday Cheer

"Quadruple" blessings: Family with four sons receives aid

Cancer survivor cares for family with help from OBI partner

A knock at the door leads to food on the table

Firefighter leaves blazes behind to fight hunger

Pro athletes turn out to help distribute food

Partners distribute millions of pounds of food | Video

The face of hunger | Video

Ex-grocer feeds thousands

N.Y. non-profit distributes more than 360,000 meals | Video

Trucker uses career to help drive out hunger | Video

OBI tackles hunger with the NFL | Video

Water Wells and Cisterns

Four-year-old builds a well

Couple pledges to help build a well a month

World Water Day

Orlando youths help fund 52 wells

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